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Meta Pays $450M to Settle Cambridge Analytica Claims | San Jose News
Meta’s facing a $450 million settlement with 46 states and territories tied to the Cambridge Analytica scandal — part of a bigger $18 billion deal to resolve claims social media harms kids. The company is essentially closing the book on that 2016 data leak, prompting most states to drop investigations — except New Mexico and Washington D.C., which are still pushing forward. New Mexico’s trial, set for September 8th, accuses Facebook of faking user trust and pushing harmful content; they’ve already won a major child protection case worth nearly $1 billion. Meta denies wrongdoing, but this…
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